Planes tracker

Saves all the planes flying above the designated area in a database.

See the changelog for the latest updates.

Table of content

• Installation
• Compiling from source
• Configuration
• Config details
• Usage
• Credits
• Copyright

Installation

You can use Docker or install this app manually. Here's how:

• Download go (go 1.20 required).
• Download or clone the project.
• Download the binary from the Releases or build it yourself.
• Configure the app.

Compiling from source

You can either:

• Use the Makefile by running make in the project directory.
• Use go build in the project directory.

Configuration

The configuration details must be set inside a .env file at the root of the project. An exemple is provided inside .env.example.

Config details

Item	Values	Meaning
TRACKER_POLL_RATE	number	Tracker poll rate (in seconds)
TRACKER_DEBUG	boolean	Enable debug logs
TRACKER_LOCATION_LATITUDE	floating point number	Latitude of the center of the area to be covered
TRACKER_LOCATION_LONGITUDE	floating point number	Longitude of the center of the area to be covered
TRACKER_RADIUS_DISTANCE	number	Radius distance from the center of the area to be covered (in Km)

Usage

If not running the docker compose, you also need to run a postgres database yourself.

• With docker:
  • Build the image
  • Use docker compose to start both containers
• With a binary:
  • Run chmod +x planes-tracker.
  • Start the tool with ./planes-tracker
  • You should definetely start it in a screen or daemonize it.
• Running from source:
  • Start the tool with go run .

Credits

• FlightRadar24
• ADS-B Exchange

Copyright

See the license.